Nut upsuser - Jun 2007 - Notes on first test.

Hi all...

I've tested my installation and everything seems OK,
but I'll note a couple of things.

System is debian,
UPS is Fenton Powerpal 660 L

First of all, the ups software did not restart because
I had not changed 'no' to 'yes' in /etc/default/nut.
Maybe it's a debian thing, I don't know.  But I don't
remember seeing it noted anywhere in nut docs.

Second...  Regarding the ups shutdown during
system shutdown.

The 'UPS Shutdown' in the debian installation is
the very last thing that happens prior to the
raid (md) shutdown and system halt.

In my case, the ups did not shut down until
1 minute after the shutdown command was sent.

I'm quite happy to have the server shut down
completely before the UPS shuts down.

Steve.
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Hi Steve,

2007/6/7, Steve Adam <steve.adam62 at gmail.com>:
> Hi all...
>
> I've tested my installation and everything seems OK,
> but I'll note a couple of things.
>
> System is debian,
> UPS is Fenton Powerpal 660 L
you missed:
- the Debian release (Etch assumed)
- the nut release (2.0.4 assumed)
- the nut driver used
> First of all, the ups software did not restart because
> I had not changed 'no' to 'yes' in /etc/default/nut.
> Maybe it's a debian thing, I don't know.  But I don't
> remember seeing it noted anywhere in nut docs.
yep, Debianism documented:
/usr/share/doc/nut/README.Debian.gz
check (6)
> Second...  Regarding the ups shutdown during
> system shutdown.
>
> The 'UPS Shutdown' in the debian installation is
> the very last thing that happens prior to the
> raid (md) shutdown and system halt.
>
> In my case, the ups did not shut down until
> 1 minute after the shutdown command was sent.
this is a behavior of the driver, the UPS or both.
it may be changed, depending upon the hardware capabilities.
have a look at the driver manpage, along with upsrw / upscmd
> I'm quite happy to have the server shut down
> completely before the UPS shuts down.
so, everything is fine under the sun ;-)

Arnaud
-- 
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